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Catherine Royer named President-elect, Biophysical Society
Congratulations Cathy Royer, Chaired Constellation Professor in Biocomputation and Bioinformatics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and CHESS User who has been elected President-elect of the Biophysical Society.
Luisa Whittaker-Brooks Named Talented Twelve
Congratulations, Luisa Whittaker-Brooks, University of Utah and CHESS User, who has been named one of the 2018 Talented 12 by Chemical & Engineering News. The nominees for the Talented 12 must be pre-tenure early career chemists "looking to push the boundaries in their fields."
An all-diamond X-ray position and flux monitor using nitrogen-incorporated ultra-nanocrystalline diamond contacts
We present a radiation detector with single crystal synthetic diamond sensor which has CVD grown ultra-nanocrystalline electrical contacts.
CHESS-U update, August 2018
The demolition phase of the CHESS-U upgrade project is complete, and the construction phase has commenced. Crews have been working double shifts in order to meet the self-imposed deadline to bring beam back to CHESS.
Validating field studies of metalloids in shrimp
While it is well established that arsenic accumulates in some seafood, the toxicity is dependent upon the specific arsenic species present and their concentration in the edible portion of the shrimp.
Summer research programs intrigue diverse students
Visiting students representing the next generation of physicists got a taste of life as a researcher during a pair of eight-week summer programs hosted by the Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education (CLASSE).
Do butterflies make you relax?
Recent advances by scientists representing 4 national labs, 3 countries and 4 universities are helping to answer long-held questions about a technologically important class of materials called relaxor ferroelectrics, which are often lead-based.
New York State educators return to campus for science snapshot
The 2018 Summer Science Snapshot for Educators Program, co-hosted by Center for Bright Beams (CBB) and CHESS was held from July 24th-26th.